Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-28

this man and woman and their peculier re-
latiOns toward each other. because of the
notoriety they got in Court and otherwise,
it may not be out of place to refer to them
briefly. A year ago, more or less they met
in San Jose, where Verheyen lived, worked
hard and supported his wife and three
children. Their first meeting resulted in
his becoming attracted to her, and in the
course of time they became so mutually
attached that he deserted his family and
accompanied her to this city, where she
occupied domicile on l. street and lived
as public woman, and he became so lost
to decency as to fill the position of her
" lover" About the close of last August
they had
TERRIBLE QUARREL
One night, and he beat her so shockingly
that Ii was feared she wonld not recover.
He was arrested, and a charge of assault
to murder entered against him. As soon,
however. as she began to improve in con-
dition she announced that she would not
prosecute him, and from that time on en-
deayOred to devise means to get him out of
the clutches of the law, not only refusing
TO testify against him, or to tell with what
implement she was hurt, but to claim that
it was all an accident, etc. 1t looked very
much as though he was going to escape
guilty on charge of battery. expecting an
ordinary sentence. Judge Henry and all
acquainted with the facts of the case how
ever, were so well satisfied that it would
be an outrage to let him off easy, that the
Judge on the Sth of September imposed a
SENTENCE OF SIX MONTHS
In the County Jail, without the alternative
of fine. Before the prisoner had COM
.1afaA Iolf of 10 tarp \ IN
wol king for his release, and importuned
people to use their influence to have him
pardoned. Finally, wearied by her i'm
portunihes, Judge Henry consented to let
him pay a fine for the remainder of his
term, and she paid $50 for him, securing
his release. Before he had been out a
week. notwithstanding all she had done for
him, he quarreled with her, and they mar
rowly escaped arrest. He was ordered by
the police to leave town or be arrested for
vagrancy, and to avoid trouble he moved
his headquarters to Washington, frequent
ly coming TO the city at night. Two or
three weeks ago they quarreled, and for
about two weeks she has been living with
Vanina, and
BEHAVING QUIETLY AND RESPECTFULLY.
Saturday morning Verheyen was noticed
in the streets and apparently had been
drinking. The strychnine with which he
ended his existence was probably procured
after his visit to the woman in the morn
ing, and it is evident that he had his plans
for her death and his own fully laid before
the afternoons visit. Probably he took
the poison at the house shortly after in
tiicting the fatal wound upon her. The con-
tents of his notes, the fact of her not max
ing an outcry and giving an alarm, and
also her refusing to make statement
against him, has led some to believe that it
was agreed between them that they would
end their existence together, but other cir
cumstances go to disprove this. However
it is generally conceded that he did good
job for the community when he so effectu
ally left it. His victims family reside in
San Francisco.